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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24924
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Sketches by Melton Prior
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 125 pages
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Hot springs
- Hotels
- Sanitarium Hotel
- Banff
- Glacier House
- Abstract
- Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
- Notes
- In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
- Accession Number
- 7864
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24931
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Sketches by Melton Prior
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 125 pages
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Banff
- Glacier House
- Abstract
- Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
- Notes
- In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
- Accession Number
- 7864
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
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The new west : extending from the Great Lakes across plain and mountain to the golden shores of the Pacific
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3785
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888
- Author
- Ham, George Henry
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Canadian Historical Publishing
- Call Number
- 02.5 H17
- Author
- Ham, George Henry
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Canadian Historical Publishing
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- viii, 205p. : ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Directories
- Notes
- Book referred to in Alice Fulmer fonds (M70) as: " In a book of early day facts entitled "The New World" published in 1888 by J.E. Boyer, the author, who always wrote in flowery terms, wrote of Dr. Brett's Sanitarium ...". The book was signed: "To Mr. Fullmer with compliments of the author [signed J.E. Boyer]"
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.5 H17
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24915
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Ingersoll, Ernest
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
- Author
- Ingersoll, Ernest
- Responsibility
- Ernest Ingersoll
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1889
- Subjects
- Glaciers
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Selkirk Range
- Selkirk Range - B.C.
- Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Travel
- Tourism
- Geography
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618
- Accession Number
- 7890
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24926
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
- Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Published Date
- 1889
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise District
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Range
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
- Notes
- In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
- Accession Number
- 7830
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
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Panoramic View of Banff and the National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15079
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.409, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Bow River
- Banff townsite
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.52, (June 1889)
- photograph on p.409, description on p.406 under "Our Engravings"
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- P
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
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My home in the Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26170
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892
- Author
- Le Blond, Elizabeth
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited
- Call Number
- 02.2 L46m
- Author
- Le Blond, Elizabeth
- Responsibility
- Mrs. Main
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited
- Published Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- 131 pages
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 02.2 L46m
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Canada's El Dorado
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20164
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892?
- Author
- Ralph, Julian
- Call Number
- 07.2 R11c Pam
- Author
- Ralph, Julian
- Responsibility
- Julian Ralph
- Published Date
- 1892?
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to a Julian Ralph publication, where he shares his input and observations of the Indigenous Peoples of North America.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 07.2 R11c Pam
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24928
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1894
- Author
- Muir, John (editor)
- Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- John Muir (editor)
- Ernest Ingersoll (author)
- Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Published Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 16 pages
- Series
- California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Rocky Mountains
- Art
- Fraser, John Arthur
- Notman, William & Son
- Banff
- Canmore
- Kamloops
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Bow River
- Hot springs
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Emerald Lake
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Asulkan Glacier
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
- Notes
- Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
- Accession Number
- 7901
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
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The Canadian guide-book : ...a guide to eastern Canada and Newfoundland.. and western Canada to Vancouver's Island ...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3705
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1899
- Author
- Roberts, Charles G. D
- Publisher
- Toronto : George N. Morang
- Call Number
- 02.4 R54
- Author
- Roberts, Charles G. D
- Publisher
- Toronto : George N. Morang
- Published Date
- 1899
- Physical Description
- 327p. : ill
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- "Appleton's Canadian guide-book"
- Accession Number
- 2000
- Call Number
- 02.4 R54
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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The story of the mountains : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19863
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
- Variant Title
- The story of the mountains in Banff National park
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Responsibility
- Helen R. Belyea
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 42 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
- Contents
- The rocks (pg. 4)
- The building of the mountains (pg. 12)
- Mountain sculpture (pg.13)
- Drainage patterns (pg. 17)
- Glossary of terms (pg. 18)
- References (pg. 23)
- Local points of geological interest (pg. 24)
- Photographs (pg. 43)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
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[Motor Drives Near Banff]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24315
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1965 (revised 1967)
- Publisher
- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources
- Call Number
- C6-4.3
- Publisher
- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources
- Published Date
- 1965 (revised 1967)
- Scale
- Relief: Spot heights
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- description of drives on back of map
- Accession Number
- 673
- Call Number
- C6-4.3
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Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks: where rivers are born
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19860
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Responsibility
- David M. Baird
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Published Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- v, 104 pages illustrations, maps (1 folded color). 18 cm.
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - British Columbia
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Glacier National Park
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geology of Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks. While providing an overview of the geology, the author also provides the reader with specific details making the experience well rounded. The content pertains to the Rocky Mountains and makes specific mention to Banff and Banff National park
- Contents
- Introduction
- Divides
- Boundaries of the parks
- Origin of the mountains
- The rocks
- The sculpturing of the mountains
- Regional differences in the mountains
- Shapes of mountains
- Roadlog and points of interest along the Trans-Canada Highway
- Epilogue
- Index
- Notes
- The page numbers for the following locations listed in the abstract are as follows; Banff (37), Banff National Park (vi, 4, 19, 37 and 40)
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- 2017.8683
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- 13.115 B11g Pam
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[Motor Drives Near Banff]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23382
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- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1965 (revised 1967)
- Publisher
- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources
- Call Number
- C6-4.3
- Publisher
- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources
- Published Date
- 1965 (revised 1967)
- Scale
- Relief: Spot heights
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- description of drives on back of map
- Accession Number
- 673
- Call Number
- C6-4.3
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Man as an instrument of landscape change : fires, floods and national parks in the Bow Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7598
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Nelson, James Gordon
- Call Number
- 13.117 N33 Pam
- Author
- Nelson, James Gordon
- Responsibility
- J.G. Nelson and A.R. Byrne
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- p.226-238 : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- Bibliographical notes
- From the Geographical Review, vol.LVI, no.2, 1966
- Accession Number
- 3349
- Call Number
- 13.117 N33 Pam
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Canada's mountain national parks : Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes, Yoho
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19864
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Scharff, Robert
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited
- Toronto : Musson Book Company
- Call Number
- 13.113 Sch1c Pam
- Author
- Scharff, Robert
- Responsibility
- by Robert Scharff, in association with the Natural and Historic Resources Branch, Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited
- Toronto : Musson Book Company
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- vii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- National parks
- Banff National Park
- Guide
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to a guide on Canada’s National Parks. This comprehensive guide offers readers a brief history of each Mountain National Park, as well as other useful information pertaining to risk reduction, camping, environmental preservation, wildlife preservation and sightseeing. Additionally, Robert Scharff includes information regarding activities that may be of interest to visitors such as cycling, canoeing, climbing, hiking, trail riding and more. Refers to Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes and Yoho National Parks.
- Contents
- Chapter one - introduction to the mountain national parks (pg. 1)
- Chapter two - sightseeing in the parks (pg. 34)
- Chapter three - seeing the wilderness areas of the park (pg. 87)
- Chapter four - plant life in the parks (pg. 110)
- Chapter five - wildlife and birds in the parks (pg. 119)
- Chapter six - fishing in the parks (pg. 142)
- Chapter seven - winter in the parks (pg. 149)
- Chapter eight - accomodations and service in the parks (pg. 158)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 Sch1c Pam
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Minutes of proceedings and evidence, 27th Parliament, 1st session, November 30, December 1, December 2, 1966, Banff, Alberta and December 3, 1966, Jasper, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4636
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Northern Affairs and National Development
- Call Number
- 13.111 C16
- Published Date
- 1966
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Call Number
- 13.111 C16
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Canadian Rockies, lords of a beckoning land
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15343
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Phillips, Alan
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 130, No.3, September 1966
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Phillips, Alan
- Responsibility
- Alan Phillips
- Photographs by James L. Stanfield
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 130, No.3, September 1966
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- p.353-393, illustrations (colour)
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Bears, Grizzly
- British Columbia
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Conservation
- Jasper National Park
- Lake Louise
- Prince of Wales Hotel
- Tourism
- Waterton
- Wildlife
- Yoho National Park
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- P
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